Isakson OK saving tax cuts only for middle class

12/23/12 10:28 AM EST

Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) says he would support a bill that only prevented tax increases for the middle class if it's his only choice.

"If we get down to the end of this year and the only choice we have is to save taxes going up on the middle class, then I would support that, but I wish we would have a comprehensive bill that dealt with spending, dealt with entitlements and dealt with taxes altogether" Isakson said Sunday on ABC's “This Week," according to early excerpts of the interview. "That's really what we ought to do."

Isakson said earlier that he wished the House had passed Speaker John Boehner's Plan B plan, which failed to collect enough support on Thursday.

"And the president's statement is right, no one wants taxes to go up on the middle class," Isakson said. "I don't want them to go up on anybody, but I'm not in the majority in the United States Senate and he's the president of the United States."